The Lugano Tigers are a

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professional basketball club that is based in

Lugano Lugano (, , ; lmo, label= Ticinese, Lugan ) is a city and municipality in Switzerland, part of the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino. It is the largest city of both Ticino and the Italian-speaking southern Switzerland. Lugano has a populat ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. The club competes in the

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(SBL), the highest domestic tier. Founded as FN Lugano, the team was re-named to Lugano Snakes in 1999 and to its current name in 2003.

History

Founded in 1981, with the merging of Federal Lugano and AS Viganello, FV Lugano won the first

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in 1982. In 1999, FV Lugano became the Lugano Snakes, the Snakes would go on to win three

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championships, two Swiss Cups, and appear in the 2000-2001 EuroLeague. In 2003, financial failure would see the Snakes become the Tigers. Lugano Tigers would go on to win the Swiss League championship in 2006, and finish in second place in the next two seasons, before winning the Swiss League championship again in 2010. During the 2010–11 season, the Tigers would play in the

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tournament, on their way to winning the Swiss national championship, Swiss Cup, and the Swiss League Cup.

Honours

: 8 :2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 *

: 4 :1982, 2001, 2002, 2011 *

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: 2 :2011, 2012

European history

Boncourt made its debut in the European fourth-tier

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in the 2003–04 season and consequently would appear in the next three edition as well.

Notable players

* Dušan Mlađan * Derek Stockalper * Christophe Varidel * Alon Stein * Michael Efevberha *

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* Travis Walton * Travis Watson

Head coaches

* Gianluca Barilari

External links

Official Website

Eurobasket.com Team Page
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